Design (Japan), 159, 1972

Content includes:
Printing image ⑦ journalistic landscape / Yutaka Takayanagi
Prop Art ⑦ Women / Eiko Ishioka
Bimonthly series ④ From spatial segmentation to structure / Takahiko Okada
Space of obscenity ④ After-school lewdness / Tomomi Muramatsu; Photo: Takao Niikura
Current magazine review ④ The blushing fear of the times / Tetsuo Shimizu
Series 7: Dialogue between matter and form: In the underworld or the space of death / Koichiro Ishizaki
Series ⑦ Decorative Space Theory: Patterns of Life / Hiroshi Unno
Series ⑦ Written words, drawn humans / Koji Taki
Photos by Nobuyoshi Araki from “Sentimental Journey” / Mutsuo Sakata
Design Digest / Hisao Ishiwata
Reconsidering ID⑩ Motorcycle Design / Tetsuo Arakawa
Challenging space and three-dimensionality through joints / Kimio Watanabe
Canvas and wooden chair / Ikuyo Mitsuhashi
Goodbye Pushpin / Shigeo Fukuda
Mr. Hisao Saito – Behind the scenes of the rise of posters – 20 years of betting on screen printing
Thoughts on the living clock of the city / Riki Watanabe

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Kōji Kusabuka
Design (Japan)
'Design' was launched in 1959 as a general design magazine in Japan. The covers featured the artwork of many great designers including Yusaku Kamekura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Shigeo Fukuda, Mitsuo Katsui and Ikko Tanaka.

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Design No.159 July 1972. Cover design by Koji Kusafuka
Design No.159 July 1972. Cover design by Kōji Kusabuka

 

Design No.159 July 1972 Back Cover
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